In a series of blog posts based on images taken at Thales Alenia Space building facility in Turin, Italy, we will now have a look at the radiators in Orion’s European Service Module that provides astronauts with...

Airbus recently announced that it has delivered the Propulsion Drive Electronics, or PDE, to the Orion Service Module integration hall – this is the real thing that will fly on the first Exploration Mission-1 around the Moon....

NASA’s Orion Spacecraft to send astronauts on deep-space missions will be powered and propelled by the European Service Module, ESA’s contribution to the project. Testing at various stages of development has been ongoing, with upcoming tests involving...

Like modern aircraft with fly-by-wire technology, spacecraft depend on reliable electrical systems to calculate scenarios and command hardware to react for a safe and successful journey. For NASA’s Orion spacecraft that will be heading beyond the Moon...